In The Hockey News, 12/31/12 issue, they preview Team USA for the World Junior Championships and suggest that coach Phil Housley look to reunite the pair of potential first overall pick Seth Jones and Rangers 2012 first round pick Brady Skjei.

Skjei and Jones played together for the US National Program last season and while Skjei will be fighting for a spot on the team, THN writes “if fast chemistry has any value for the US braintrust, that pairing would make a lot of sense.”

At The United States of Hockey, when breaking down defensemen, Chris Peters writes of Skjei, “Skjei is a very strong defense-first kind of defenseman with elite speed and skating to help him contribute offensively on occasion. ”